ABOUT
The core development team at Phase Sensors consists of a PhD materials scientist with a background in hostile environment micro sensors; a firmware engineer with 15 years of experience coding for low level hardware (firmware, bare-metal BIOS, drivers); an electrical developer with 40 years of circuit design experience working at Ratheon, SPAR Aerospace, and the National Institute for Nanotechnology; and a hardware developer with experience in ultra-sensitive fluid properties analysis.
We rapidly develop complicated sensing systems from designing the sensor element, building the data acquisition platform, through to designing the real-time web interface.
Dr. Christopher M.B. Holt has published 24 journal manuscripts, six patent applications and two of these applications have become full US patents and licensed to a private corporation. He has a passion for building new microfabricated devices and figuring out challenging electronics problems.
Richard Hull previously worked as a Research Scientist in the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at the University of Alberta. He graduated from Oxford University in 2009 with a degree in Nanotechnology. His initial career was in the aerospace industry as an Electronics R&D Engineer on defense projects dealing with military radar systems in the United Kingdom. He later worked for the Canadian Space Agency at SPAR Aerospace in Toronto. His area of expertise includes power electronics, data processing, telecommunications, and robotics.
Richard Helfmann previously worked as a research associate at the National Institute for Nanotechnology with Dr. Thomas Thundat. He developed a piezoelectric driving circuit and fluid positioning system for a nanomechanical fluid analysis system. This system measures density, viscosity, and performs FTIR style analysis on picolitre volume fluid samples.
Terry Greeniaus previously worked with a team at Dell/EMC who designed high-speed distributed storage appliances for use in enterprise data centers. Before this position he worked with PowerLogix building proprietary BIOS code for upgrading Apple desktops and laptops. Terry does OS development, plays the piano, and rides his Harley in his spare time.
David Rutledge previously worked with Dr. Jason Olfert at the University of Alberta Mechanical Engineering Department designing and building a measuring system for on-board particle and gas-phase emissions of diesel and gasoline vehicles which is published in two publications. At Phase he has designed the mechanical components for two sensor including environmentally sealed housings, high-pressure feedthroughs, and a unique, high pressure, high surface area, ultra-robust sensor head for EIS measurement.
Mohammad Abdolrazzaghi is an invited reviewer at more than 10 journals including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Journal of Applied Physics, and IEEE Sensors Journal. At Phase he has established analytical theories behind the existing and ongoing sensory designs to monitor electrical properties of used oil, detecting metallic particle in wear debris, and water quality assessment, all in industrial environments.
STAFF

Chris Holt
Founder & CEO
BSc Engineering Physics
PhD Materials Engineering

Mohammad Adbolrazzaghi

Terry Greeniaus
Firmware Development Lead
BSc Computing Science
BMus Piano

David Rutledge
Mechanical Design Lead

Richard Hull
Electrical Design Lead
BSc Physics and Ergonomics
Post Grad Nanotechnology

Richard Helfmann
Hardware Developer
BSc Electrical Engineering

Zachary Kwong
Oscillator Specialist
Electromagnetic Modeling Lead
BSc Electrical Engineering
MSc Electrical Engineering
BSc Mechanical Engineering
MSc Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering Student
CONTACT US

Looking for a precision sensor for a hostile environment?
Tel: 780.264.4658
Phase Advanced Sensor Systems Corp.
4-006 National Institute for Nanotechnology
11421 Saskatchewan Drive
Edmonton, Ab